France Still Tied Up Strike Not Over
Paris reports indicate ongoing nationwide disruption as railways post offices and other essential services remain strike bound after a government deal with two non Communist unions. A new bread bakers walkout hit Paris for three days with CGT insisting postal and telecom staff stay out.
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France
Paris
General Confederation of Labor
The
Socialist Workers Force
Christian
Catholic) Workers Federation
McCarthy Opens Public Hearing on Coast Visit
Senator Joseph McCarthy set a public, television hearing while keeping witness identities secret. In a prior closed session two witnesses testified, including William C. Taylor and S. H. Williston, with others summoned but not appearing.
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Los Angeles
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
McCarthy
Congressional Investigating Subcommittee
William C. Taylor
S. H. Williston
San Francisco
Williston
Pacific Coast
American Mining Congress Strategic Metals Committee
Taylor
Communist Party
Washington
Edward Rothschild
General Printing Office
Rothschild
U S Backing UN Charter Revisions Set by State Dept
United States endorses calling a United Nations Charter review conference ahead of the 1955 General Assembly. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Wiley released letters with Secretary of State Dulles showing U S support though specific revisions are not yet decided.
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Washington
U. S State Department
United Nations
U. N. General Assembly
U. S
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
State Department
Wainwright in Serious Condition in Texas Hospital
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, aging Bataan hero, remains in serious condition at Brooke Army Hospital San Antonio. He was admitted July 6 after reportedly suffering a stroke. He endured a Japanese POW camp four years into World War II following the fall of Bataan.
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San Antonio
Tex
Bataan
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Brooke Army Hospital
Young Columbus Boy Killed by Car Near Home
Three year old Marc Carr died after being struck by a vehicle near his Columbus residence. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Matthew M Carr.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marc Carr
Matthew M. Carr
McCarthy accuses Post of deliberate lie over postage rates
Sen. McCarthy writes editors alleging a Washington Post editor published a falsehood about him. He cites a Post editorial referencing Wechsler's Senate questioning and questions editorials critical of McCarthy. The Post counters that he offers no proof of qualifications to censor mail and defends newspaper independence amid postal subsidies debate.
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Washington (Ap
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Washington Post
Post
J. Russell Wiggins
James A. Wechsler
New York Post
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
James S. Pope
Louisville Courier and Times
Wechsler
Philip L. Graham
The
Congress
Atomic blast unlikely to trigger congressional action
Washington AP The Soviet hydrogen explosion does not prompt imminent congressional steps. Rep W Sterling Cole says the Atomic Energy Committee will still visit uranium mines in Africa Aug 23 to Sept 29 and will consult with President Eisenhower on any needed action. Civil Defense chief Peterson urges bigger, faster civil defense readiness in response to the test.
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Washington
Russia
Rep
W. Sterling Cole Rny
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Africa
Cole
United States
Free World
Belgian Congo
Union of South Africa
Eisenhower
C. P Cabell
Central Intelligence Agency
Val Peterson
Vets Will Flood Colleges In Fall
Washington reports the VA projects about 170000 enrollments under the GI Bill this fall, more than double spring totals, with another about 150000 in other education programs. End of April enrollments were 75000 and about 70000 in other training programs by June.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Soldier Declares No Opinion In Korea Village
Corporal Howard Wolfe of Birmingham Alabama says he replies to Communist questions with I am a soldier in the United States Army and I dont have an opinion on anything. He made the remark in FREEDOM VILLAGE Korea as part of a daily routine during the patrol.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Birmingham
Alg
Howard Wolfe
United States Army
First Americans Describe Underground Hospital in North Korea
Marine Cpl. Steven E. Drummond of Spelter West Virginia, among the first Americans freed from a North Korean prison camp, recounted treatment at an underground six story hospital inside a hill. He was wounded March 26 at Outpost Vegas and said the facility housed mainly Chinese wounded and that he met only one other American prisoner there.
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Freedom Village
Korea
North Korea
Steven E. Drummond
Spelter
W. Va
Outpost Vegas
Drummond
Girl Falls 12 Feet in Darlington Attic Accident
In Darlington South Carolina a two year old girl belonging to Mr and Mrs Weldon Crosby fell about 12 feet through a thin attic floor opening. She dropped feet first between a wall and a chimney. Firemen broke through the wall to rescue her and she sustained only scratches and bruises.
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Darlington
S. C
Sergeant Miyamura Wins Medal of Honor at Panmunjom
Sgt Hiroshi Miyamura 28 of Gallup New Mexico received the Congressional Medal of Honor after a Panmunjom exchange. He reportedly killed 40 to 50 Chinese Reds while covering a squad retreat before his capture, with the award kept secret to avoid Communist retaliation.
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Hiroshi
Mike) Miyamura
Gallup
N. M
America
Panmunjom
Korea
Morocco installs French backed Sultan amid unrest in Rabat
In Rabat Moroccan chiefs and religious leaders greet Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa, the 64 year old chosen to replace Ben Youssef after his exile to Corsica. French forces keep order as UN Arab Asian bloc seeks urgent Security Council session over the ouster.
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Rabat
Morocco
Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa
Sidi Mohammed, Ben ‘Youssef
Corsica
Imperial Palace
Marrakech
Ben Youssef
Kebir
United Nations
New York
U. N. Security Council
France
U. N
Voting machines to test questions at Ohio State Fair
Visitors at the Ohio State Fair can vote on universal military training Alaska and Hawaii statehood and four year terms for all elected state officials. Secretary of State Ted W Brown says voting machines with these questions will be placed in the arts and crafts annex. The fair opens August 28 and runs through September 4.
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Columbus
Ohio
Alaska
Hawai
Ted W. Brown
Return of the Shah Triggers Tehran Celebrations and Martial Law
The Shah of Iran returned from Baghdad aboard his private plane amid flag bedecked streets. Tens of thousands welcomed him as Zahedi’s police and tanks patrolled for Mossadegh loyalists. The Shah said Mossadegh must face justice and hinted at a treason trial with possible death for civilians.
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Tehran
Iran
Baghdad
Mohammed Mossadegh
Fazlollah Zahedi
Mossadegh
Zahedi
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Wetback Arrests Rise in Houston Since July 1
Immigration officials report 212 wetback arrests in Houston since July 1, surpassing total arrests for the 1952 fiscal year. The 12 months ending June 30 saw about 700 arrests, compared with 200 the prior fiscal year.
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Houston
Tex
Rio Grande River
Its Hot In Tokyo
Seven million people in Tokyo endured another scorching day with 96.4 degree high after 101.1 previous record. Humidity rose to 49 percent from 37 percent.
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Tokyo
Japan
Weeks Reinstates Astin as NBS Director in Policy Reversal
Secretary Weeks reverses the firing of Dr Allen V. Astin and names him a permanent member of his team at the National Bureau of Standards. The move comes with bureau reforms to balance research, improve testing, and reorganize administration under James C. Worthy.
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Washington
Ap) Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Allen V. Astin
National Bureau of Standards
Central Laboratory
Astin
Bureau
Post Office
Jess Ritchie
Oakland
Calif
Rioting reform inmates held at Monroe after deadly blaze
About 150 state reform atory inmates remained outside the Monroe facility under heavy guard after a riot and fire killed one person. Warden P J Squier ordered all prisoners kept from cells pending weapon checks as guards fired warning shots to stop attempts to leave the baseball diamond. The rioters, angry at the delay, used axes and saws to wreck bleachers and build lean-tos.
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Washington State Reformatory
Monroe
Wash
State Reformatory
Chile Opens Copper Stockpiles to All Nations
Chile announces sale of its strategic copper reserves to any buyer including communist nations, defying a US pact. Foreign Minister Fenner says cabinet ends foreign-relations restrictions to offer copper globally, amid economic crisis and a lagging US demand under the Military Assistance Treaty.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Oscar Fenner
Carlos Ibanez
Washington
Reds Repatriate Staten Island Soldier Over Mustache Drawing
Cpl. George C. Davison of Staten Island New York, held by Communist forces since May 18 1951, was repatriated after fifteen days in solitary for drawing a mustache on a photo of Mao Tse tung. He said he was fooling around and drew on the picture with a pencil.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Cpl
George C. Davison
Staten Island
N. Y
Davison
Reds
Mao Tze- Tung
POW Repatriation at PANMUNJOM Delivers Mixed Fates
Liberated Americans and other Allied prisoners arrive in pallid condition after heavy weeks of captivity as the Reds release 94 Americans and 437 total Allied captives. Camps No 9 No 6 and No 10 provide the bulk. 300 South Koreans and others join the convoy.
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South Korea
Freedom Gate
China
Peiping
U. N
Reports Place General Dean in North Korea Prison Camp
Prisoners liberated by the Communists claim Maj. Gen. William F. Dean is held at a North Korean camp near the Yalu River and may be among the last to be freed. Marine Lt. Henry C. Clifford and Sgt. Edward Williams offer conflicting details about Dean's exact location.
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William F. Dean
North Korea
Freedom Village
Korea
Dean
Henry C. Clifford
Staten Island
N. Y
Set
Edward Williams
Vicksburg
Miss
Yalu River
Paratrooper Credits Silk Parachute Rescue
A New York paratrooper saved a fellow soldier during a mass jump at Fort Campbell when a wad of silk tangled Lovell’s chute. Sgt. Richard N. Cleaver of the 11th Airborne grabbed the canopy and kept Lovell from injury as both men landed safely.
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FT. Campbell
New York
Richard N. Cleaver
Niagara Falls
Harold D. Lovell
Oklahoma City
Okla
11Th Airborne Division
Sgt. Cleaver
Silk
Lovell
Cleaver
Weather forecast for Miami Valley and Ohio region
The Van Dalia forecast calls for fair mild weather in the Miami Valley with pleasant sleeping and playing conditions tonight and tomorrow. It may warm in the afternoon but evenings will cool. Ohio wide expects sunny days and clear cool nights with yesterday's high 92 and today's low 63.
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Miami Valley
Ohio
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